Filing element



` claims.

Patented Sept. 22, 1942 lUNi'rD STATES .PATENT OFFICE l :,zsazis AFILING ELEMENT sppucaiion December 12, 19,41, serial No; 422,692 `4claims. (ci. 12s-1am This invention relates to card illesl and is moreparticularly concerned with la novel index and signal arrangement inwhich an indicator slide or signal is associated with a support such asa card or similar element and a transparent sheath attached to the cardas by clasping the latter and also by interlocking therewith. 'Iheinvention will best be understood by reference to the followingdescription when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing ofone specific embodiment thereofl while its4 scope will be pointed outmore particularly in the appended.

In the drawing: Fig. v1 is a front elevation of an index or file cardand indicator `arrangement embodying the invention;

acters, of course, are visible through the front flange 34 of the slidein the case of a slide which is transparent.

Having thus described one embodiment of the invention, what I claim anddesire by Patent to secure is:

1. The combination of a transparent sheath folded to provide a rear walland a front wall,

the latter in turn being folded downwardly to provide a flange and avchannel between said flange rand said front wall, a sheet having anupturned flange received in said channel and Fig. 2 is a front elevationof a portion of,

4ment of the invention illustrated therein by way of example, there isshown a card index arrangement comprising a support such as a sheet ofvpaper 4 having at the top a fold l perforated to receive a wire hangernot shown, the lower,

.marginal portion of the sheet being clasped by a transparent sheath 8(see Fig. 3) which in this instance is further secured to the sheet l asby an interlocking arrangement now to be described. To this end, thesheet l is folded at i0 to provide a rebent or upturned flange I2, whilethe lsheath is folded at Il to provide a rear wall I8 and a front wallI8, the latter in turn being bearing one or more symbols or charactersvisible through said front wall, and an indicator slide folded toprovide an upturned ange disposed behind said front wall and in front ofthe uptumed flange of said sheet in position to cooperate with saidsymbols or characters, said indicator having a handle portion at therear of said sheet and at the front of said rear wall and extendingupwardly from theupper edge of grasped to shift said slide horizontally.

folded at 22 and turned downwardy to provide a ange 2l, thus producing achannel 26 which receives the upturned flange -I2 of the sheet l.

The uptumed flange l2 is provided with one or more, herein a horizontalseries of spots. symbols, or characters 28 for cooperation with apreferably transparent indicator'slide l0 folded at I2 to provide anupturned ange I4 .which lies between the upturned iiangeil of the sheet4 2. The combination of a sheet having a horizontal series of symbols orcharacters on its front face, an indicator slide folded to provide afront flange for cooperation with said symbols or characters and havingya handle portion at the rear of said sheet, and a transparent sheathhaving, a front wall which overlies said front ilange 'and lcovers saidsymbols or characters and a rear wall which overlies a part ,of saidhandle portion and a portion of the rear face of said sheet below saidhandle.

3. The combination of a transparent sheath foldedto provide a front walland a rear wall, a sheet clasped between said walls and bearing on its'front face a horizontal series of characters or symbols visible throughsaid front wall, and

an indicator slide folded to provide an upturned Ysauge disposed behindsaid front ywan and in front of said sheet in position to cooperate withthe upper edge of said rear wall where it may and the front wall Il ofthe sheath l. The slide ,of the sheet may be moved horizontally toindicate a desired condition which may be representative" ofpercentages, dollars, locations, and

other desired information. The symbols or charbe grasped to shift saidslide horizontally.

4. The combination of an'interlocking sheet and transparent sheath, saidsheet bearing on its front face a horizontal series of symbols orcharacters, and said sheath having a front wall which overlies the rearface of said sheet and provides a handle which may be grasped to shiftsaid slide horizontally.

' RAYMOND C. FETCH.

